Canterbury Surf

Canterbury Surf Forecast

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

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	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Gore Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury
Rating	1	2	9	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S
Period(s)	16	21	14	20	15	13	12	9	12	12	11	10	10	19	17	16	14	12	12	11	15	15
Energy	69	2475	9185	5930	3431	1100	1301	649	1084	788	243	111	90	79	302	200	220	207	205	179	84	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:31PM 1.99	9:52AM 2.03		11:31PM 1.61	12:00PM 1.58		11:39PM 1.71	11:52AM 1.77	12:10PM 1.76	1:14AM 1.69		1:46PM 1.68	2:09AM 1.74		2:00PM 1.99	2:05AM 1.91		2:56PM 2.09		3:18AM 1.93	4:37PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	4:33PM 0.41		3:46AM 0.79	5:05PM 0.64		5:47AM 0.29	5:10PM 0.33		5:35AM 0.27		7:03PM 0.25	7:26AM 0.17		7:59PM 0.20	7:37AM 0.12		7:56PM 0.16	8:33AM 0.05		9:13PM 0.12	9:31AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	10	12	11	11	13	13	10	10	10	9	10	12	10	9	10	10	13	14	13	12	12
Low °C	10	8	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	11	8	9	8	9	10	13	13	11	10
Chill °C (?)	17	6	11	8	10	13	13	10	10	8	8	7	10	10	7	8	9	13	13	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:06	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:57	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:55	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	21	15	20	15	13	12	9	12	12	11	10	10	9	17	11	14	12	12	7	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	4	-	21	-	-	-	10	11	16	16	4	5	16	19	12	16	10	5	6	11	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	2.5 S	4.0 S	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	3	10	14	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	2	4

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Jacks Point Canterbury	Scarborough Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	2	2	9	9	9	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.7 SE	2.1 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period(s)	16	17	18	21	16	15	14	15	20	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	9	10	13
Energy	69	237	1466	2475	9811	9325	9185	1980	5930	7287	4571	3431	2518	1697	1100	1310	1301	770	626	649	506	1239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:31PM 1.99				9:52AM 2.03				11:31PM 1.61				10:57AM 1.67				11:39PM 1.71	12:22AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.41				3:46AM 0.79				5:17PM 0.34				5:47AM 0.29				5:27PM 0.33				5:53AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	10	10	9	8	9	10	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	17	7	6	5	7	7	8	11	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	13	13	11	10	10	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.1 E	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	16	4	9	21	17	16	15	15	20	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	9	9	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	-	1.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	4	17	-	-	23	22	21	20	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	11	14	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.4 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	18	10	16	15	14	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08											Tuesday 09
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Waikuku Beach Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Tuhawaiki Point Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury
Rating	1	0	2	2	9	9	9	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S
Period(s)	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	21	18	18	21	21	21	21	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	733	1153	69	70	132	237	237	3939	1466	1466	2363	2475	2475	3013	9811	9355	9384	9325	9090	9018	9185	9226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						9:52AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)					4:33PM 0.41											3:46AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	17	15	17	11	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	15	8	16	16	4	4	4	21	9	9	21	21	21	21	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	8	14	4	4	17	17	17	13	-	-	13	-	-	5	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.6 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.8 SW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S
Period (s)	4	15	3	3	3	5	5	17	18	18	9	10	10	4	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14